ABS & Dairy News
Genetic solution to phase out bobby calves
Australian dairy farmers are embracing specialist dairy beef genetics to reduce bobby calves and diversify farm businesses. Nearly 14 per cent of all ABS semen sold to dairy farmers last year was ABS InFocus™ – a genetic product designed to breed a quality and consistent beef animal from a dairy cow. Increasing demand for a…
Ticking all the breeding boxes at Cooriemungle
Byron Smethurst has strict criteria for selecting bulls. The manager of two dairies, milking a total of 600 cows at Cooriemungle in southwest Victoria, he knows it’s possible to breed cows with a combination of form, function and profit – it just requires research. “I like good looking cows, but they have to make money,”…
Australian dairy values polled perfection
Two of the top five proven Holstein sires are ABS polled bulls Australia’s highest Heterozygous polled Jersey in demand Breeders embrace top Type Red Holstein ABS dominates top six Holstein proven sires Young Red bulls on the rise Polled ABS Holstein sires lead the dairy industry’s latest bull rankings, as more farmers choose genetics to…